We have three weeks until Election Day. I have heard some people comment, “Why bother? Does my one vote really make any difference?” You bet it does!

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When you consider how close the last Presidential election was, every vote counts. If you have the right to vote, use it! Don’t just assume the “reasonable candidate” will win, or the “sensible position” on some ballot question will prevail. If you think having the government run your water system is a cockamamie idea fraught with unintended consequences: vote! If you think having the government getting into setting or controlling market rental rates is a bad idea: Vote!

When it comes to a candidate for a city council, or a hospital board, or a school board, it is those positions that can have the most direct impact on your everyday life – far more than state or national offices. Check out your candidates. If one has broad civic involvement or has leadership experience in business or perhaps a non-profit organization, while the opponent is running on a very narrow agenda: vote!

Your vote counts. And by not voting, you’ll make some activist’s vote count twice as much!